Exploring the High-Performance Benefits of Laminated Glass

Versatile Building Material Provides Multiple Advantages
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Advertorial course provided by Solutia Inc. and Viracon
Materials & Resources Category

Recycled Content

Intent Increase demand for building products that have incorporated recycled content materials, therefore reducing impacts resulting from the extraction and processing of new materials.
Requirements

Credit 4.1 (1 point): Specify materials with recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the post-industrial content constitutes at least 5 percent of the total value of the materials in the project.

Credit 4.2 (1 point): Specify materials with recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the post-industrial content constitutes at least 10 percent of the total value of the materials in the project.

Laminated Glass
Contributions
Major U.S. manufacturers and laminators operate using at least 30 percent post industrial recycled content. Unused glass, PVB, aluminum and wood are often recycled. The finished laminated glazing system product as supplied to the consumer may also be recycled into secondary materials for various markets.
Local/Regional Materials
Intent Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured locally, therey reducing the environmental impacts resulting from their transportation and supporting the local economy.
Requirements

Credit 54.1 (1 point): Specify a minimum of 20 percent of building materials and products that are manufactured regionally within a radius of 500 miles. (NoteL Manufacturing refers to the final assembly of components into the building product that is furnished and installed by the tradesmen, For example, if the hardware comes from Dallass, Texas, the lumber from Vancouver, British Columbia and the joist is assembled in Kent, Washington, then the location of the final assembly is Kent, Washington.)

Credit 5.2 (1 point): Of these regionally manufactured materials documented for Credit 5.1, specify a minimum of 50 percent of building materials and products that are extracted, harvested, or recovered within 500 miles of the project site. (Note: If the fabricated glass materials are shipped to the job site and the glazing materials are assembled at the jobsite, this would constitute the final assembly point and be within the 500 mile radius limit.)

Laminated Glass
Contributions
PVB interlayers used in the laminated glass are widely available to glass fabricators dispersed throughout the United States. This geographic diversity enables architects and building owners to easily source laminated glass within 500 miles of the job site, meeting important criteria on the LEEDS checklist.
Energy and Atmospheric Category

 

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Originally published in Architectural Record.
Originally published in January 2005

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